Hussulo

I have been working away on my British coins website to be named COINS.GB.COM and I have almost completed the Victorian coins section. However I am still in need of pictures. The pictures I would like to add are: VICTORIA: Silver penny- Young head, Jubilee head Silver two pence- Jubilee head Silver four pence- Jubilee head (Maundy). Crown- Gothic Crown. Sovereign- Young head George & dragon reverse. Two pounds- Jubilee head. Old head. Five pounds- Young head (Una and the lion) Jubilee head. Old head. Close up pictures of die numbers for sixpences, shillings. I would also like close up pictures of mintmarks for Sovereigns. If anyone has coins from above and would kindly send me pictures to add to my website I would be most great full. I shall also add Courtesy of "YOUR NAME" below the pictures and a link to a coin related website if you own one. Many thanks, Hus Sulo

Reading the two page spread "spotlight" article in this months coin news "When a coin is recived it is examined by the atributer, Alex Anderson, a coin collector of 36 years experiance. He assesses whether it is genuine or not by weighing the peice and consulting an extensive library of known forgeries." then " two fully trained graders will independantly grade the coin". Anybody know Alex Anderson?

In the latest eddition of Coin News the editor seems to be firmly behind them. Mind you they do seem to have taken a lot of advertising space in the magazine.

The seller says "I AM NOT SURE EXACTLY HOW FEW OF THESE WERE MADE BUT I WOULD HAZZARD TO SAY THERE WERE LESS THEN A HANDFUL" what kind of handfull is that? maybe a 20 foot tall gaint's handfull?

Josie I think the answer to your question is that these "pattern" or proposed currency aren't really either, but instead only fantasy pieces. If you type in the word pattern in eBay you will be confronted with many so called patterns like 2001 Spink Patina Sale coins which are in fact fantasy pieces and aren't true patterns or trials in the sense of the word. A real pattern or trial is made to put forward a proposed coinage/design or to test dies. Many of these modern patterns where produced after the dates they have on them and were made to make a quick buck from collectors as "what if pieces" (as in what if this design or currency was produced).

Good question. I reckon if it was safe to do so and I could remove the plug without damaging the coin or possibly the plug I would remove the plug, but keep it. That way if I ever came to sell or give the coin away it could be refitted (if possible) at the new owner’s request. It would have to be an exceptional coin and I would only remove the plug to save the coin. It would be a shame in years to come if there were no nice examples left for future generations to enjoy.

Hi Ben, Its looks like a Charles VIII of France Gold coin dated 1567 but he only lived between 1470-98 so I must be reading the roman numarals wrongly? do you have anymore scans? P.s. Great coin.

Great coin Rob, you have an collection of coins most of us could only dream of.

Great coins, thanks for sharing.

Hi Oliver welcome to the forum, Factors that determine the price of coins are condition, rarity and I suppose to some extent what they are made from. Age doesn’t always mean value; you can pick up roman coins for a couple of pounds where as a 1933 penny will set you back a couple of thousand pounds. We would have to see pictures of the coins to give you an estimate of value, and even then it is not as accurate as seeing a coin in hand. You could scan or take a photo of each coin front (obverse) and back (reverse). Then post them for people to see and to get some more info on them. There are many knowledgable collectors that frequent this forum with allot of great advice.

I see in this months Coin News there is a now a slabing company in the UK called CGS UK (www.cgs-uk.biz). They will be up and running in december.

Great website Rob, I will be adding it to my favorites, and thanks for the offer of pictures I'm sure I will take you up on it soon. You have some great coins.

Looks like a split planchet, that is starting to separate...... An 2 Headed English coin is the William III halfpenny, Peck #673. Here is an example - Wow, nice coin!

You have got a point Gary, Maybe it was a bit of a sweeping statement to make. I to have 100% positive for over 120 transactions so I am not complaining as such just noting my views. The people my comment is more aimed at are the sellers who are selling obvious fake coins, antiquities etc.. Many keeping the bidder id's private, yet for most have 100's of transactions, and they are still sitting at 100% positive feedback. Now if you are new to eBay or coin collecting you might believe looking at their feedback that they are a good seller selling genuine goods, but you would be mistaken. The way I see it they are still at a 100% positive feedback either because they have mentioned that the item is fake in the small print, or because people don't realize what they have bought is fake. The other alternative being after trying to communicate with them to no avail the purchaser "decides to bite the bullet" and leave a positive because they are scarred to leave a negative incase they get one back.

I agree with you Chris. Which brings me to my ultimate point that the feedback system does not work correctly. If in your listing you have stated it is an e-book which you obviously have, and you then receive a negative feedback, eBay should then remove this negative feedback since it is not your fault. People should not be allowed to use a negative feedback where it is not due! I guess it would mean too much work for eBay to check queries, but they should! As I understand it once a feedback is left it can't be removed or changed. Only mutually withdrawn, but the comments are still left for people to see. So you get a system which really doesn't work properly, where people are scarred to leave the truth! or they leave bad feedback out of spite, or because they didn't read the listing correctly.

I totally agree with you Tom, but you know what bothers me about ebay most? It is the fact that sellers do not have to leave feedback first. In my view when a buyer pays for their item they have for filed their part of the transaction and should then be left feedback. Most dodgy sellers hold their feedback back and I believe buyers are then scarred to leave negative feedback for these sellers incase they get a negative back. That is why you have so many scam artists on 100% feedback

Very interesting and well presented, great coins, thanks for sharing it scottishmoney.

I think you could be right Chris. I personally don't like to draw or make notes in any of my books. I can see the point if it is a new collector wishing to collect a certain type or a date run, but still I'm sure they could just as easily jot their info down on a note book or something. Signed copies are a good Idea I know I'd buy one. How much for a signed copy of Collectors' Coins Great Britain 2007 edition as I haven’t got it yet?

Thanks Chris, How do you go about this? is it done through your website host?

Thanks josie, That is a good point you make about picture theft though, but I don't know if there is any way around it most pictures can be copied from websites and used unlawfully (unfortunately there are unscrupulous people out there).

Thanks Rob, I have never been good at identifying over dates.

Just thought I'd share some of my pictures of my 1/3 Farthing coins for anyone thats interested. I am now past the halfway point in collecting all regular (not including proofs etc) 1/3 farthings issued. Here is a link to them: http://s75.photobucket.com/albums/i317/hus...1&addtype=local

If I do add a forum at all that will be one of the last additions to the site, if at all. I have a lot of respect for Chris and this forum and would never want to take anyone away from it. In fact I am a member of more than one forum at present as other others here. Also because Chris has been so helpful and friendly there will be a link if not many links to his excellent site. I am not trying to compete with anyone here, just trying to make an reference for beginner collectors and anyone else that might be interested. I know it’s going to be hard, but to begin with I only plan on having pictures of regular issue coins and not proofs or proof sets rare varieties etc... Also I am going to only include one picture of each type of coin and not from every year. If I was to attempt to do a coin from each year I would maybe never manage to finish the site. It will also be a free website for anyone to visit. I am not trying to make money just help people who enjoy this great hobby or that are thinking of starting to collect out. Once its up and running if anyone chooses to add a link to it from their website well then I would be most great full.

Thanks everyone! It’s going to take a while, but I am going to tackle it head on and get it running as soon as possible. At first I would like to keep it simple, with pictures of each type of coin (not every year) and I also plan to have another subsection with the grading system and examples of it using pictures (but not every type of coin, maybe just one or two to start with) also another subsection on errors with pictures describing the various errors, and maybe eventually a forum for discussion. I really want to keep it relatively simple to begin with and possibly just start with all milled coins up until George VI with a view to go further back into hammered coins. Once the site is up and running it will be an ongoing project with more and more additions to it. Once again thank you all very much for all your support.